Principal Software Engineer - Secure AI Agent (Hybrid)
Palo Alto Networks2 days ago
Sofia, BulgariaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own and guide the technical direction of agent identity, authentication, authorization, and secrets management platform domains.
- Design architectures spanning multiple services and teams while balancing scalability, reliability, and security.
- Write high-impact code, lead implementation, mentor engineers, and guide complex technical tradeoffs.
- Identify critical technical problems and drive solutions from concept through delivery.
- Establish engineering practices for code quality, security, and operational excellence.
- Communicate technical concepts to engineers, architects, product managers, and other stakeholders while driving cross-team alignment.
- Document platform decisions, patterns, and practices and promote continuous improvement.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in backend and systems engineering with end-to-end ownership of large-scale or security-critical systems.
- Experience designing and operating secure, scalable, and reliable distributed cloud architectures using AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience or strong interest in identity, authentication, authorization, and secrets management, with interest in applying these principles to AI and agent frameworks.
- Ability to make high-impact technical decisions, navigate ambiguity, communicate effectively, and mentor engineers across functions.
- Self-driven, proactive, organized, and focused on delivering secure, high-quality, scalable solutions.
Benefits
- Additional health insurance including dental treatment.
- Life and permanent disability insurance.
- Sick leave allowance.
- Mobile phone plan.
- FLEX Benefits wallet.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Flexible Working from Home Policy; the company states that most teams work from the office full time with flexibility when needed.
Tech Stack
About Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks builds cybersecurity products for enterprises and governments, including next-generation firewalls, cloud security (Prisma Cloud/Prisma Access), and SOC tools (Cortex). It sells subscriptions and appliances with cloud-delivered threat intelligence, securing networks, endpoints, and applications across data centers and public clouds. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company is publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker PANW.